Breathtaking Beats - RAA lyrics

[Intro: Andrew Sam] This goes out to every non-Asian American in the US You're about to hear about the Asian American struggle And since you've struggled, too, you should relate to this Then you can stop making fun of us and start standing with us But this especially goes out to all you European Americans Listen to the story of us Asian Americans, and start respecting us [Verse 1: Andrew Sam] China, Japan, Korea, wherever We Asians left our homelands in search of somewhere better War, imperialism, name it and we've faced it Everybody ruined us, we all had to escape it America gave us hope, and we just had to take it Land of opportunity, we found out that they faked it Land for the white people, that's why it was created People don't know what's up, that's why I have to say it [Verse 2: Andrew Sam] It started with the poor / Heard the US would give more Work hard for the family, who we'd send the money for But all it was was slave work, abuse by the white man Even if we had sk**s, English we didn't understand That language barrier hindered our job prospects Stuck in ethnic enclaves, and getting no respect When they got sick of us, they banned our immigrants Stuck here in small numbers, couldn't become citizens [Verse 3: Andrew Sam] And after civil rights, / they let fam'lies reunite We'd bring our fam'ly over, thinking things'd be alright But it was a disguise, refugees escaped from war Allowed in the US, mostly to do low wage chores They say it was to give a home, but they just wanted more workers It was their war in the first place, out in Vietnam as some lurkers [Verse 4: Andrew Sam] The first generation, whether they were sk**ed or not Didn't have the English to tell whites to give 'em jobs So they told their children, us in generation 2 To study hard in school, it's the only thing to do It's the American Dream, but on the Asian path All that did was lead to jokes about how we're good at math But you people don't know, that there's so much more than that That we can entertain, like we can act and how we rap Our great sk**s are denied, cause immigrants keep comin' in And you look at them, then a**ume we're never fittin' in [Verse 5: Andrew Sam] You make fun of our race, then you shut up 'round the girls Cause you're tryna date 'em, and it makes me wanna hurl You can't have it both ways, you a**holes needa show respect Whites got white privilege, what more do you wanna get? Whites got all the main roles, while we're evil or we're geeks We're hypers**ual ladies, just overall we're weak That's how we're portrayed, but that's not who we really are Portrayin' us like that is like space without the stars So take what you've learned from me, then treat us like we're you How you want others to treat you, cause we can do it, too